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IMPROVEMENT IN CLASPS FOR CLOTHING.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 13?.,H35, dated April4, 1865.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHANDLER SEAVER, Jr., of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful orImproved Clothes-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the same isfully described and represented in the following' specification and theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a top view of a portion ofa coat containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe upper lap or portion of the coat withits eyelet-hole and strengthening-plates. Fig. 4 is a side view, andFig. 5 an end view, of my invention separated from the garment. Fig. 6is a side view of it, with its cover or button raised as in the act ofunfastening the garment.

My invention, which is intended to dispense with the use of the ordinarybutton and button-hole, consists in a metallic plate, to be applied tothe under lap or portion of the article of wearing-apparel, and providedwith a projecting' pin or stud, and a hinged cover or button, as it maybe termed, the whole being so made and applied that the cover shall shutdown upon the top of the stud, and inclose under it the upper lap orportion of the coat or garment, which is to be provided with a hole orrecess'to t down over the stud, the said hole being properlystrengthened, as hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, a denotes a flat metallic plate of a circular or otherproper form, punctured with a number of small holes for the purpose ofattaching it to the cloth c of the garment with which it is to be used.

d is the upper plate or button, which is connected with the lower plate,a, by means of a jack-knife hinge, as shown at e. A pin or stud, j, isso attached to the opposite side of the plate c as to extend above it ashort distance', while its lower extremity passes down through the saidplate, and through one end of the spring g, making part of theabove-mentioned jack-knife hinge,

A portion ofthe cloth of the upper lap of the garment is shown at h, ithaving a small hole punctured in it to pass over the stud f, the holebeing strengthened by means of two metallic rings or plates, z' t', oneplaced on each side ofthe cloth and surrounding the hole and secured tothe cloth by means of threads passing through small holes punched inthem, or by rivets, if deemed preferable.

Instead of the two plates z' z', attached as above described an eyeletand Washer may be employed of the form as shown in section in Fig. 7thatis, the eyelet may be made with a large Hat annulus, a, and a neck, b',which may be passed through the cloth and turned or'headed down over thewasher c', which is previously placed over it and next to the cloth.rlhe two parts of the eyelet thus applied may be further strengthened,if desirable, by a thread passing through them and the cloth.

The button d may be covered with cloth, if desirable, to give it theappearance of an ordinary button.

Instead of the employment of the spring g to keep the cover or button ldown upon the stud j', the said button may be constructed with a slothaving one end enlarged sufficiently to slip over the stud f, which isto be provided with a small head. On partially rotating the button, thehead of the stud will cover the top of the slot and keep the button inplace.

ln the use of the above-described fastening apparatus the outer lap isto be pressed down over the stndf, and the cover or button spring downupon it. The strain upon the parts is in a lateral direction and againstthe stud, which will suffice to keep them in place under the pressure ofthe spring g, the sides of the studf being made slightly concave, asshown in Fig. 4, for this purpose.

To unfasten the garment it is only necessary to take hold of the upperpart of the outer lap and give it a quick pull in an outward direction,which will at once raise the button d and release the outer lap from thestud f.

It will be seen by the above description that I not only dispense withthe ordinary button and button-hole, but that I produce a very strong,simple, and durable fastening, one important advantage of which is thatin securing the parts to the cloth a large snroperate in connection withan eyelet or hole face is covered by the stitches or rivets, thus in theouter lap of the garment, substanrenclering tearing of the clothdifficult, it' not tially in manner as hereinbefore explained.

CHANDLER sEAVER, Jn.

My improved clothes-fastening attachment, Witnesses:

the same consisting of the plates a and d and J. L. NEWTON,

111e stud f, they being constructed and to FREDERICH CURTIS.

